-yne

See also: yne, ynë, and -yně

English

Etymology

Contracted from the suffix -ylene of acetylene

Suffix

-yne

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one triple bond; an alkyne.
2. A polymer derived from an alkyne.

Translations

hydrocarbon with triple bonds

• Catalan: -í (ca) m
• Danish: -yn
• Finnish: -yyni (fi)
• French: -yne (fr) m
• German: -in (de) n
• Indonesian: -una
• Malay: -una
• Norwegian: -yn (no)
• Portuguese: -ino (pt) m
• Spanish: -ino (es) m
• Swedish: -yn c

See also

• -ane
• -ene

Anagrams

• NYE, Ney, Nye, Yen, eny, ney, nye, yen

French

Suffix

-yne m

1. (chemistry) -yne